Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested was 40,599 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Africa stood at 40,599 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.6% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 47,524 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6,500 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 8,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 8,500 ha | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 8,500 ha | -5.6% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1983 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 17,000 ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 17,042 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 19,400 ha | +13.8% |
| 1992 | 20,055 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 21,296 ha | +6.2% |
| 1994 | 21,360 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 19,773 ha | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 21,364 ha | +8.0% |
| 1997 | 18,000 ha | -15.7% |
| 1998 | 21,540 ha | +19.7% |
| 1999 | 22,687 ha | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 19,478 ha | -14.1% |
| 2001 | 20,722 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 21,364 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 26,646 ha | +24.7% |
| 2004 | 19,662 ha | -26.2% |
| 2005 | 18,940 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 10,000 ha | -47.2% |
| 2007 | 12,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 2008 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 15,341 ha | +39.5% |
| 2010 | 22,938 ha | +49.5% |
| 2011 | 22,908 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 24,038 ha | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 24,810 ha | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 44,484 ha | +79.3% |
| 2015 | 47,524 ha | +6.8% |
| 2016 | 28,005 ha | -41.1% |
| 2017 | 29,413 ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 31,187 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 32,504 ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 33,408 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 34,793 ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 36,079 ha | +3.7% |
| 2023 | 37,046 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 40,599 ha | +9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,167 ha | 6,500 ha | 9,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,400 ha | 10,000 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,650 ha | 12,000 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,252 ha | 17,042 ha | 22,687 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,515 ha | 10,000 ha | 26,646 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,781 ha | 22,908 ha | 47,524 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,385 ha | 33,408 ha | 40,599 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested in Southern Africa was 40,599 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 47,524 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is pumpkins, squash and gourds — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pumpkins, squash and gourds — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.